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GLAAD STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF THE DISCRIMINATORY BAN ON TRANSGENDER YOUTH HEALTHCARE IN THE ALABAMA SENATE, AND THE FAILURE OF A SIMILAR BILL IN ARIZONA

GLAAD STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF THE DISCRIMINATORY BAN ON TRANSGENDER YOUTH HEALTHCARE IN THE ALABAMA SENATE, AND THE FAILURE OF A SIMILAR BILL IN ARIZONA

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to two states’ bills banning transgender youth from lifesaving healthcare. The bill in Arizona failed to advance out of committee today. Hours later, a bill in Alabama passed a Senate committee and would make it a felony to treat transgender youth up to 19 years old. 

GLAAD AND EQUALITY FLORIDA RESPOND TO “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL AND OTHER BILLS IN FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TARGETING LGBTQ PEOPLE

GLAAD AND EQUALITY FLORIDA RESPOND TO “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL AND OTHER BILLS IN FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TARGETING LGBTQ PEOPLE

Equality Florida, the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community, and GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, are responding to the Florida legislature’s multiple bills targeting LGBTQ and other marginalized citizens, including a vote today prohibiting the teaching of LGBTQ and Black history and the root causes of discrimination, and the “Don’t Say Gay” state bill that would ban discussion in schools abou

GLAAD RELEASES “LOCAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY INDEX - U.S. SOUTH,” AN INAUGURAL COUNT AND EVALUATION OF LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AND ISSUES, AND HIV-RELATED STORIES, ACROSS THE SOUTH

GLAAD RELEASES “LOCAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY INDEX - U.S. SOUTH,” AN INAUGURAL COUNT AND EVALUATION OF LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AND ISSUES, AND HIV-RELATED STORIES, ACROSS THE SOUTH

 

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is today releasing its “Local Media Accountability Index - U.S. South,” a measurement and evaluation of LGBTQ and HIV coverage in local news outlets across nine Southern states.

GLAAD + EQUALITY VIRGINIA ADVOCATES' URGENT NEW EFFORTS TO TURN OUT LGBTQ VOTE

GLAAD + EQUALITY VIRGINIA ADVOCATES' URGENT NEW EFFORTS TO TURN OUT LGBTQ VOTE

 

GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, along with Equality Virginia Advocates, the leading LGBTQ advocacy organization in Virginia, today announce urgent new efforts to get LGBTQ voters to the polls in the final days before Election Day, as Virginia chooses its next governor.

Thursday, September 23, 2021

LOCAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY INDEX - U.S. SOUTH

Fair, accurate, and inclusive news media coverage is vital to expanding public awareness and understanding of LGBTQ people. While recent decades have shown remarkable advancements in accurate reporting on issues affecting our lives and increasingly nuanced portrayals of the incredible diversity within LGBTQ communities, many reporters, editors, and producers continue to face challenges covering LGBTQ issues in a complex, sometimes rhetorically charged climate.

The U.S. South has the highest concentration of LGBTQ Americans of any region, in states without statewide laws protecting them from discrimination. 

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